An aerial walkway carries passengers over a live jet taxilane to connect to the new Grand Hall at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The project, called the International Arrivals Facility, won a Platinum Award from ACEC Washington.
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KPFF wins top award for
Sea-Tac IAF project
KPFF Consulting Engineers is the top winner in the American Council of Engineering Companies of Washington’s annual Engineering Excellence Awards program. The firm took the Platinum Award for the International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, featuring an ingenious 780-foot-long aerial walkway 85 feet above an active jet taxilane.
Feb. 6, 2023
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Sponsored by ACEC’s Washington state chapter, the awards program recognizes projects that represent a wide range of engineering achievements and demonstrate the highest degree of skill and ingenuity. Nineteen projects were honored in this year’s program, as well as the Engineer of the Year, and two awards for diversity and inclusion. The top national awards will go on to compete in the ACEC national competition in Washington, D.C.
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Project entries were evaluated by a five-judge panel: Robert Axley, engineer emeritus, Wood Harbinger; Steve Johnston, engineer emeritus, Landau Associates; Supriya Kelkar, senior design manager, Sound Transit; Benjamin Minnick, construction editor, Daily Journal of Commerce; and Kathy Robertson, engineer emeritus, Picketts Engineering.
ACEC Washington is a professional trade association representing consulting engineering, land surveying and affiliated scientific and planning firms statewide.
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PLATINUM AWARD Transportation
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Project: International Arrivals Facility at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Client: Port of Seattle
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GOLD AWARD Structural Systems
Thornton Tomasetti
Project: Climate Pledge Arena
Client:Populous
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GOLD AWARD
Structural Systems
WSP USA
Project: West Seattle Bridge rehab and strengthening
Client: Seattle Department of Transportation
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GOLD AWARD
Special Projects
Magnusson Klemencic Associates
Project: Presidio Tunnel Tops
Client: The Presidio Trust
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GOLD AWARD
Surveying/Mapping Technology
David Evans and Associates
Project: Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel
Client: Sound Transit
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GOLD AWARD
Transportation
Perteet
Project: Fairview Avenue North Bridge replacement
Client: Seattle Department of Transportation
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UNIQUE OR INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF NEW OR EXISTING TECHNIQUES
Herrera Environmental Consultants
Project: Park Place Stormwater Facility rebuild
Client: Client: City of Bellingham
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EXCEEDING CLIENT/OWNER EXPECTATIONS
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Project: JBLM emergency culvert repair
Client: Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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COMPLEXITY
Jacobs Engineering Group
Project: West Sammamish River Bridge replacement
Client: City of Kenmore
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SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Exeltech Consulting
Project: Beverly Bridge rehabilitation
Client: Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
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FUTURE VALUE TO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION
P2S Inc.
Project: Thurston County Readiness Center
Client: Washington Army National Guard
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Large firm: HDR
Midsize firm: KBA Inc.
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Larry Swartz, P2S Inc.
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Transportation
GeoEngineers, KPFF Consulting Engineers, Granite Construction
Project: Padden Creek fish passage design-build
Client: Washington State Department of Transportation
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Structural Systems
HDR
Project: Umtanum Suspension Bridge rehabilitation
Client: U.S. Bureau of Land Management
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UNIQUE OR INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF NEW OR EXISTING TECHNIQUES
Coughlin Porter Lundeen
Project: 2005 Poplar
Client: Rowley Properties/ VIA- A Perkins Eastman Studio
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FUTURE VALUE TO THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION
Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
Project: US 101 Siebert Creek - Fish Barrier Removal
Client: WSDOT
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SUCCESSFUL FULFILLMENT OF CLIENT/OWNER NEEDS
Reid Middleton, Inc.
Project: Pier 62 Evaluation and Replacement
Client: City of Seattle
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COMPLEXITY
WSP USA
Project: Duportail Bridge Project
Client: City of Richland
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SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN
Reid Middleton, Inc.
Project: Edmonds Waterfront Center
Client: Environmental WORKS Community Design Center
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